A surprisingly touching account of hidden lives forced out of the shadows

Part period piece, part courtroom drama, this is also a touching love story

So lovely, gentle yet enthralling

Quietly gripping and intriguing

Skilful, persuasive, thoroughly enjoyable, unexpected

A breathtaking debut

A vivid exploration of family secrets uncovered and the effects of trauma, as well as a war story about women doing whatever they had to do to survive

Astonishingly, this is Rachel Malik's debut, and her handling of the richness and simplicity of this story of farming life suggests that she is on the brink of a distinguished literary career

With its vivid Cornwall setting and a house full of shadows, The Stranger has echoes of Daphne Du Maurier but its riveting in its own right

A beautifully written tale of family secrets, loves and losses, set against the magical Cornish coastline. I loved it

A fabulous twisting tale, so beautifully written that the pages practically turned themselves. I couldn't put it down

A beautiful and intriguing page-turner, where the secrets of the past cast long shadows. Cornwall springs to life in vivid colour

Beautifully written and unputdownable. I loved it

An enthralling tale of secrets, the twists and turns will have you hooked to the very last breathtaking page

An atmospheric whodunit set in the Second World War

A beautifully woven, immersive story that completely transported me

With such vivid, mysterious characters and an atmospheric setting, the echoes of Du Maurier's Cornwall are on every page. Brilliant!

A wonderful, gripping, beautifully written book. From the first page, I didn't want to put it down - and by the second half I literally couldn't put it down

Beautiful and haunting, you'll struggle to put down this mysterious tale

Wonderfully atmospheric and utterly engrossing. I hardly moved until I had read to the very last word

Take an isolated house, family secrets, a divine Cornish setting, the tensions of war and you have all the ingredients for a tale where the pages take on a life of their own. The Stranger is wound tight as a clock, ticking down the days leading up to the disappearance of a young woman. It will stay with you long after the last breathtaking pages turn

So beguiling that I truly didn't want it to end. A captivating novel that pulls you into another time and place

The novel is cinematic, and the vividness of the Cornish landscape and its history of smugglers and pirates add to its charm. An engaging page-turner with a surprising twist at the end

Praise for The Girl in the Photograph

Rich and atmospheric, like Rebecca this novel casts an enduring spell

Full of slow-burning tension

A sweeping saga of secrets and ghosts

A well executed, brooding, creepy atmosphere

A prickly story full of tension